The time has come, brothers, to test your mettle in the first Vigilia Mortis Warhammer 40,000 8th edition tournament!

Put on your Flack Jackets, engage your armouring serfs, awaken your tomb world or carry out any other preparations you deem necessary to be ready for war! You will test your Table Top prowess against all comers in this tournament and everyone is welcome whether you are a seasoned veteran or a TT newbie.

The Tournament will be run over a 6 week period starting at the beginning of October with one match played each week. Points will be awarded in each match and the overall winner will be the one who manages to amass the largest score over all 6 matches. The scenario/mission for each week will be from the Eternal War missions and once a particular mission has been played it will not be played again. This means you will play all 6 Eternal War missions over the course of the tournament.

- So, now that you're all eager to start putting your lists together let's get down to business, the RULES:

- Games will be played using Matched Play rules on TableTop Simulator

- 1500 points per side with a maximum of 3 detachments

- Lists must be submitted by private message to ChaplainArcanis(who is acting as a neutral admin) before the tournament matching begins to ensure there is not unfair list tailoring or invalid armies.

- You mayNOTchange your list between matches

- Proxy models will almost certainly be required, as such all models must be clearly labelled and you must explain exactly what they are to your opponent before the game begins.

- We will be using the following rules from the upcomingCHAPTER APPROVEDsupplement:

RULE ZERO: This is designed as a fun tournament between friends, please bear this in mind during matches and when putting your lists together. Try to keep to the spirit of the rules, not just the letter.

If you would like to sign up for the tournament or have any questions about it, please post in THIS THREAD and Markosian or Tiberius will answer your questions or get you added to the player roster. I would encourage everyone who is interested to sign up, even if you're not very experienced/confident, there's plenty of people who will happily help you out

Today marks the dawn of a new era for the Chapter, myself and others have been hard at work over the past few weeks in preparing for this change of direction. This Chapter was founded by people coming together to form a community of individuals who all shared one true passion; Warhammer. Through the years we've had our ups and downs, our emotions have been slammed and shaken to the very core. Over the past few years, I decided to dedicate our efforts to one game, Eternal Crusade. I thought that this game would provide us with endless hours of fun, and even though it did have its good times the course of a Chapter solely dedicated to EC to the detriment of other titles, has come to an end.

We want to return to those foundations that I feel brought out the best in this community through the years. A lot of stuff has changed recently and over the next few months, more changes will become apparent as we move towards this new direction. Some of the biggest changes are listed below, but most if not all site information has been changed in some regard and I urge you to re-familiarize yourself. Many people have dedicated considerable time and effort, so taking 10-20 minutes of your day to get up to date will not only improve your understanding of our new bearing but will also grant them a measure of satisfaction for all their hard work.

The main areas that have seen changes thus far are:

New Rank Structure

We have reworked the existing rank structure. The roles of Castellan and Lord Castellan have been created to replace the existing ranks of Sergeant (and Vet. Sergeant). The members who hold these positions are dedicated to helping with and creating events within the realm of their particular speciality. For instance, we have Castellans who are dedicated to various games and others who will be more concerned with the non-digital aspect of the hobby; RP, Table Top etc.

New / Redefined Awards

Our old award system was constructed solely with member performance and dedication within Eternal Crusade in mind. Since we're no longer so focused on this game, in particular, we wanted a new community feel and as a result, the awards have been changed to reflect this. The current crop of awards represent only our initial efforts and over the next few months, new awards will continue to be added. To go along with this re-work, a new section has been created for you to apply for certain awards. If you feel that you may have been overlooked or particularly deserve a specific award, then head over to the AWARD REQUEST forum area and follow the instructions.

New Event Request Process

Since we now have far more members spreading their time and attention across a spectrum of titles, we want you, the members of our community to step up and help to organize events. This can be anything, any type of game or activity that will involve members of the community. Again we have a brand new EVENT REQUEST sub-forum for this. Head over and provide details of the event you'd like to set up, once approved the event will be added to the Chapter calendar for members to sign up! Please bare in mind that player requested events can not be scheduled at times that will clash with planned Chapter-wide events.

In addition to this, the site itself will be undergoing some work; I plan to add the facility to construct a personal profile page where members can have their RP Biography and lots of other cool details, stuff like what games they play, the times they're most active etc.

This month is setting the pace, as we are a relaxed community the only thing we ask of you is to get involved; starting in the month of October activity checks will be returning and members who fail to maintain activity to a minimal standard will be removed. We're all friends here, we need you to help us on this new path.

Some of our boys decided to go undercover and infiltrated the filthy enemy forces. Thus the Librarian on duty scraped the respective stats from the records, lest we have the Inquisition on our tails. This month: Diet stats, with 25% less cheese. ;)

[News from the frontline]

{May edition}

Orks have been on back-order this month, but at least there were plenty of Traitors and Eldar to... play with. ;)

If you searched for a perfect spot for sunbathing, I surely hope it was on Harkus. Maybe Agnathio or Ronan. Surely not Maggon nor Blackbolt, the only warmth there came from flaring tempers and burning barrels.

In fact, we have a delightful follow up. The honors goes to Markosian for writing a (not so) short story for you.

Here's an appetizer:

[He took stock of his surroundings. Prior to the arrival of the Orks, Tiberius had personally toured every building inside Agnathio, assessing them for their defensive potential. He had not had time to do anything with the knowledge but he now had a detailed mental picture of each building’s layout and it was no accident he had selected this as his destination. It was the tallest building inside the courtyard. It provided excellent fields of fire, had excellent cover and would give good warning of any assault from the lower floors. He wasted no time in ascending the tower, from its apex, he could see the constant stream of Ork reinforcements flooding into the courtyard, most of them conveyed by what the Mechanicum would refuse to call vehicles but which, nevertheless, reliably ferried in the slavering monsters. Imperial Reinforcements were en route, approximately six hours out. But by his estimation, if the Orks assault could not be sufficiently impeded, both bastion and tertiary position would fall in less than three hours. It would likely cost him his life, but he resolved to change the equation. Levelling his Lascannon on the window ledge, he sighted on the nearest Ork transport and fired.]